Top 10 Quick Dinners

If I didn't know that September was here by the first-day-of-school butterflies, the sudden, almost primal urge to re-organize my bulletin board, or the to-do list spinning through my brain like a slot machine at 3am, I'd know it by looking at my DALS email inbox. Help! You all write. I need quick dinner ideas for the back-to-school scramble. I started replying one by one, but then I thought almost everyone out there would be interested in my suggestions. So here they are, in no particular order.

1. Pretzel Chicken Courtesy of City Bakery (pictured Below).

2. Chicken and Rice for Beginners. You'll never go back.

3. Pork Chops with Kale A Bugiali favorite.

4. Angel Hair with Corn and Bacon Your window for sweet summer corn is about to shut -- take advantage of the fresh ears as much as possible!

5. Sausage Stew with Kale and White Beans I'm making this tonight.

6. Avgolemeno Insane how creamy this lemony Greek soup tastes -- without using any cream at all.

7. Salmon with Brussels Sprouts and Ginger-Scallion Sauce Superfast, superhealthy.

8. Quick and Easy Pork Fried Rice Easily made veg by omitting the pork. It's almost too easy!

9. Turkey Sloppy Joes with Melted Cheddar For nostalgia night.

10. Chicken with Artichokes in a Creamy Mustard Sauce This is in danger of becoming my new "Stairway to Heaven" of Dinners. It always makes whatever list I'm compiling. But I promise it's more satisfying.

Quick Dinner #2.